Warning: Spoilers ahead for Netflix’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Here’s why Lila goes after Leatherface in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2022. Netflix’s legacy sequel to Tobe Hooper’s Texas Chain Saw Massacre follows youngsters Melody (Sarah Yarkin) and Lila (Elsie Fisher), and their friends who arrive at Harlow in an attempt to transform the deserted town into a thriving community. Texas Chainsaw Massacre follows the events that lead to Leatherface emerging from his hideout, after which he goes on a killing spree after 50 years.
After Leatherface kills Ruth and the policemen in the sunflower field scene, he ventures back to Harlow Orphanage, mourning the death of his caregiver, Virginia. Unfortunately, Melody finds herself trapped in the house, and is traumatized by being relentlessly chased by Leatherface, who recovers his chainsaw from the walls of the orphanage. Although Melody is able to escape with the help of Lila, they witness the bloody massacre inside the “influencer” bus shortly after, running for their lives, which is when they encounter Texas Chain Saw Massacre's final girl Sally Hardesty.
Although Melody and Lila expect Sally to drive them to safety, the Texas ranger intends to take revenge on Leatherface for murdering her friends and family all those years ago. After Sally is brutally killed by the masked cannibal, Melody is grievously injured as Sally’s car crashes into the garage. Tearfully, she asks her sister Lila to take the car parked outside and save herself, which she is almost on the verge of doing but comes back with a shotgun when Leatherface is about to kill Melody. A scuffle between Lila and Leatherface ensues, and a severely wounded Sally momentarily saves her by shooting Leatherface. When Lila is about to run away, Sally tells her the following before dying: “Don't run. Don't run, or he will never stop haunting you.”
Sally, who was 17 when she was chased around by Leatherface in Texas Chain Saw Massacre, was haunted her whole life by the incident, which left an indelible make on her psyche from a traumatic perspective. Lila, a school shooting survivor, already experiences an incredible amount of guilt and trauma due to the incident, and now, the near-death of her sister and all of her friends is bound to have an emotional impact on her for the worse. Sally, who understands this as a trauma survivor, tells Lila to not run, handing her a shotgun filled with the last of her ammo, urging her to go after Leatherface and end this once and for all. Although this makes sense in a certain sense, it is important to understand how incredibly hard it was for Lila to go after Leatherface, especially with a gun.
Throughout Texas Chainsaw Massacre, audiences see Lila somewhat withdrawn from the events around her, which is understandable as she is still processing her trauma and trying to move on with life. Her anti-gun stance makes sense too, as she is uncomfortable when Richter openly carries a gun but is forced to wield a weapon when her sister’s life is threatened. The ending of Texas Chainsaw Massacre is especially unfair to Lila as a character, given the sudden nature of her sister’s death and Lila’s abject helplessness. Once again, she’s the sole survivor of a mass killing, and those around her are dead due to gruesome violence. To live with the burden of this truth, to carry this terrible, terrible weight is something Lila will have to deal with her entire life unless she chooses to confront Leatherface sometime in the future in a sequel.
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